Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-20
CROOKS.
BILL CAPPELLER'S BOOMERANG.
Forgery and Fraud Psrpetrated by
The Republican State Executive
COMMITTEE.
Foraker Compelled to Admit that
i The Special Land Message
Circulated by the Demo-
cratic Party is Genuine.
Forced to Confess that His Own
Committee Is Circulating a.
Doctored Edition OF the :
Damaging Document.


When the Republican Campaign
Committee, the working members of
which draw their salaries regularly out
of the State treasury, woke up to the
fact that the now celebrated special
land message of Governor Foraker lin
which he advocated a revaluation of all
real property at once, for the purpose of
increasing the tax duplicate), was Great
ing a profound sensation among the
farmers Of the State, they concoctsd a
scheme to have the reprint Of the mes
sage, which the Democratic Committee
is circulating, denounced by all the Re-
publican organs as forgery and a
fraud. Thereupon demoniacal howl
was set up all over the State, AMI for
brief season (very brief nothing but
shrieks of fraud and forgery" was
heard in the land. Then suddenly
there was great silence. 1t was the
consequence of the following dispatch
sent to the Cincinnati Etcaire by its
correspondent, Mr.. W. A. Taylor:
ayIyrox, o., Sept 22.a-In coming
down on the Hooking Valley train this
morning with Governor For tker, /
showed him a copy OF his special mes
sage which the Democratic Executive
Committee is sending out, and asked
him to point out wherein it was forged
or garbled. I have two or three edi-
tions Of IT. said the Governor. They
are accurate, and are NOT FoRGERlEs AT
ALI
Then why this charge Of forgery and
garbIingg
What VIC complain Of is that it was
not published in full in the Democratic
papers. / have received copies Of
Democratic papers with all the message
lett out except that part which relates
to real estate
We'll, to publish extracts from the
message is not to forge, is itY
no, but il is garbling it and distort-
ing its meaning by not publishing the
whole
But editors themselves publish such
parts as suits them
we are of the opinion that the COM
mittee send it out in this form for pub
lication.'
i can assure you that it is sent out in
the form in which you see it here
1t seems strange, then, that the
Democratic papers should publish it in
a different FORM
.But this document is not forgery or
falsitieation, is it?'
No. THIS rs An ACCURATE COPY
That is the document, and none other
in any form is being sent out.
THE Governor could find nothing
more to say against it,
This, OF course, knocked the idiotic
trick Of Mr.. Cappeller and his worthy
associates endwise. There was nothing
to be said, and they said nothing. They
continued to draw their salaries from
the State treasury, while devoting their
whole time to running MIR. Foraker's
campaign. But new surprise awaited
them and the public. Mr.. Taylor was
still on their track, as will be seen from
the following dispatch to the Enquirer
COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 26.--Last week
the Republican organs and Mr.. Cappel-
Ter raised a hue and cry that the Demo
cratic Committee was sending out 4
forged special message Of the G Goyerncr.
That matter was settled very conclu-
sively by Governor Foraker himself
who ON the ears between this city and
Nsnton, with the message before him.
pronounced it an accurate, true and
authentic COPY OF his snecial n,essaoa IN
the Legislature Of the 9Th Of April. 1S66.
az have discovered, however that